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Senior Economist – EMEA Consulting - Tourism Economics
Description
Tourism Economics is a subsidiary of Oxford Economics dedicated to analytically-based consulting to the tourism sector. Oxford Economics is one of the world’s leading economics consultancies, providing advice to international institutions, governments and blue-chip companies.
We are looking to hire a Senior Economist to join the consulting team at Tourism Economics. Our team provides a range of analytical services to clients, including:
- Quantifying the economic impact of tourism-related industries, companies, events, and visitor segments;
- Developing tourism satellite accounts;
- Performing cost-benefit analyses of public policies;
- Examining the return on investment of infrastructure development and marketing expenditures; and
- Constructing tailored forecasts for various visitor segments.
This role will be based within the EMEA consulting team. Consulting projects usually run for between two and six months, and culminate in a report or presentation to a client. The Senior Economist role will entail significant contributions to major projects and managing other smaller projects.
Senior Economists collaborate closely with Lead Economists and Associate Directors on all aspects of client engagements. Their responsibilities range from contributing to the design of methodologies and writing proposals to project management, conducting analysis, and communicating results to the client. Project teams generally consist of one or two economists and, when needed, specialised econometric modellers.
A core part of the role will involve implementing quantitative models using a variety of analytical tools such as IO modelling, cost-benefit analysis, or econometric analysis.
The post-holder will report to the Director of Consulting, EMEA.
Key Responsibilities
- Managing and overseeing smaller research studies;
- Ensuring robust and rigorous economic analysis in the delivery of consultancy projects;
- Applying and assuring quantitative analytical techniques as applied to large datasets;
- Handling clients and potential clients effectively and developing Tourism Economics’ relationship with them;
- Assisting in the development of research proposals, project reports, and presentations;
- Planning and structuring projects, and coordinating input from a range of team members, ensuring sufficient time for quality assurance;
- Being entrepreneurial and proactive in the identification and pursuit of new business opportunities; and
- For the right candidate, line management of one or two team members, to ensure resources are allocated efficiently and to support professional development.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- Extensive experience of client-facing work and the ability to develop commercial relationships with potential clients;
- Substantial experience of economic analysis, including familiarity with analytical techniques such as IO modelling, cost-benefit analysis and econometrics.
- Excellent analytical skills;
- Evidence of being proactive and creative in using economics to answer (external, internal or policymaker) clients’ questions;
- Very strong written and verbal communication, including the ability to explain economic concepts and quantitative results, as well as their implications, to non-specialists; and
- Excellent attention to detail and a commitment to going the extra mile to produce rigorous, accurate work, within the constraints of the time and resources available.
Desirable:
- Experience in managing consulting projects within the tourism sector
- A post-graduate degree in economics;
- Experience with quantitative analysis software such a s Python, R, Stata;
- Experience of client-facing work and the ability to develop commercial relationships with potential clients
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
Oxford Economics is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, colour, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by local government laws.
About Oxford Economics
Oxford Economics was founded in 1981 as a commercial venture with Oxford University’s business college to provide economic forecasting and modelling to UK companies and financial institutions expanding abroad. Since then, we have become one of the world’s foremost independent global advisory firms, providing reports, forecasts and analytical tools on more than 200 countries, 250 industrial sectors, and 7,000 cities and regions. Our best-of-class global economic and industry models and analytical tools give us an unparalleled ability to forecast external market trends and assess their economic, social and business impact.
Headquartered in Oxford, England, with regional centres in London, New York, and Singapore, Oxford Economics has offices across the globe in more than 15 cities. We employ more than 400 professional economists, industry experts and business editors—one of the largest teams of macroeconomists and thought leadership specialists. Our global team is highly skilled in a full range of research techniques and thought leadership capabilities, from econometric modelling, scenario framing, and economic impact analysis to market surveys, case studies, expert panels, and web analytics.
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